Wanted to go to McEwensville tonight but Ruth won’t, so I didn’t. Made me feel sore for awhile.

McEwensville at dusk on a December evening

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

The first day of each month, Grandma began the diary entry with a poem. I’m still trying to figure out if she wrote them herself or copied them from somewhere. This month it almost seems like Grandma struggled to find a word to rhyme with December—so I’m leaning towards her writing the poems herself.

Why did Grandma want to do in McEwensville on a Sunday evening? . . to visit friends? . . . to attend an evening church service ? (Though, based on the diary, I don’t think that there generally were evening church services.)

And, (I guess I have more questions than answers) why did Grandma feel like she couldn’t go if her sister Ruth won’t go with her?

10 thoughts on “Did Grandma Write December Poem?”

Hi – Like you, I often end up with many questions when researching material from the past. I wish I could ask each individual involved why they did what they did or reacted in a certain way. So many unknowns.

I always picture young girls with their small novels back in your grandmas day…since there wasn’t tv or anything I think people read more books and classics too. Maybe she was going to a book club. That field on the edge of town probably hasn’t changed.